Longnose catshark

Longnose catshark
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Chondrichthyes
Order:Carcharhiniformes
Family:Scyliorhinidae
Genus:Apristurus
Species: A. kampae
Binomial name
Apristurus kampae
L. R. Taylor, 1972

The longnose catshark (Apristurus kampae) is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in the eastern central Pacific from central and southern California and the Gulf of California, between latitudes 38° N and 23° N, at depths down to 1,890. Its length is up to 58 cm.[2]

References

  1. Huveneers, C., Duffy, C.A.J., Cordova, J. & Ebert, D.A. 2015. Apristurus kampae. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T44215A80671609. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T44215A80671609.en. Downloaded on 13 September 2017.
  2. "Longnose Catshark". Retrieved 27 April 2011.
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